Integrated circuit devices

ABSTRACT

An integrated circuit device includes a substrate, first and second fin active regions formed on the substrate and extending in a first direction parallel to a top surface of the substrate, a first gate structure disposed on a side surface of the first fin active region, a pair of first impurity regions respectively formed on a top portion and a bottom portion of the first fin active region, a second gate structure disposed on a side surface of the second fin active region, and a pair of second impurity regions respectively formed on a top portion or a bottom portion of the second fin active region, wherein the pair of first impurity regions vertically overlap each other, and the pair of second impurity regions do not vertically overlap each other.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This is a continuation application based on pending application Ser. No.15/598,675, filed May 18, 2017, the entire contents of which is herebyincorporated by reference.

Korean Patent Application No. 10-2016-0100124, filed on Aug. 5, 2016, inthe Korean Intellectual Property Office, and entitled: “IntegratedCircuit Devices and Method of Manufacturing the Same,” is incorporatedby reference herein in its entirety.

BACKGROUND 1. Field

Embodiments relate to an integrated circuit device and a method ofmanufacturing the integrated circuit device.

2. Description of the Related Art

As electronic devices become light, thin, and compact, the demand forhighly integrated semiconductor devices increases.

SUMMARY

Embodiments are directed to an integrated circuit device including:first and second fin active regions formed on a substrate and extendingin a first direction parallel to a top surface of the substrate; a firstgate structure disposed on a side surface of the first fin activeregion; a pair of first impurity regions respectively formed on a topportion and a bottom portion of the first fin active region; a secondgate structure disposed on a side surface of the second fin activeregion; and a pair of second impurity regions respectively formed on atop portion or a bottom portion of the second fin active region, whereinthe pair of first impurity regions vertically overlap each other, andthe pair of second impurity regions do not vertically overlap eachother.

Embodiments are also directed to an integrated circuit device includinga substrate including first and second fin active regions; a firsttransistor formed on the substrate, the first transistor including afirst gate structure formed on a side surface of the first fin activeregion and a pair of first impurity regions formed in a top portion anda bottom portion of the first fin active region; and a second transistorformed on the substrate, the second transistor including a second gatestructure formed on a side surface of the second fin active region andhaving a same height as the first gate structure and a pair of secondimpurity regions formed in a top portion or a bottom portion of thesecond fin active region, wherein an effective channel length of thesecond transistor is longer than an effective channel length of thefirst transistor.

Embodiments are also directed to an integrated circuit device includingfirst and second fin active regions formed on a substrate and extendingin a first direction parallel to a top surface of the substrate, a firstgate structure disposed on a side surface of the first fin activeregion, an upper first impurity region disposed above the first gatestructure, and a lower first impurity region disposed below the firstgate structure of the first fin active region, and a second gatestructure disposed on a side surface of the second fin active region, anupper second impurity region disposed above the second gate structure,and a lower second impurity region disposed below the second gatestructure of the second fin active region. A distance between closestpoints of the upper and lower second impurity regions may be greaterthan a distance between closest points of the upper and lower firstimpurity regions.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Features will become apparent to those of skill in the art by describingin detail example embodiments with reference to the attached drawings inwhich:

FIG. 1 illustrates a perspective view illustrating an integrated circuitdevice according to example embodiments;

FIG. 2 illustrates a plan view of the integrated circuit device of FIG.1;

FIG. 3 illustrates a cross-sectional view of the integrated circuitdevice of FIG. 2 cut along a line 3A-3A′ and a line 3B-3B′ of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 illustrates a plan view of an integrated circuit device accordingto example embodiments;

FIG. 5 illustrates a cross-sectional view of the integrated circuitdevice of FIG. 4 cut along a line 5A-5A′ and a line 5B-5B′ of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 illustrates a plan view of an integrated circuit device accordingto example embodiments;

FIG. 7 illustrates a cross-sectional view of the integrated circuitdevice of FIG. 6 cut along a line 7A-7A′ and a line 7B-7B′ of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 illustrates a plan view of an integrated circuit device accordingto example embodiments;

FIG. 9 illustrates a cross-sectional view of the integrated circuitdevice of FIG. 8 cut along a line 9A-9A′ and a line 9B-9B′ of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 illustrates a plan view of an integrated circuit deviceaccording to example embodiments;

FIG. 11 illustrates a cross-sectional view of the integrated circuitdevice of FIG. 10 cut along a line 11A-11A′ and a line 11B-11B′ of FIG.10;

FIG. 12 illustrates a cross-sectional view illustrating an integratedcircuit device according to example embodiments;

FIG. 13 illustrates a plan view of an integrated circuit deviceaccording to example embodiments;

FIG. 14 illustrates a cross-sectional view of the integrated circuitdevice of FIG. 13 cut along a line 14A-14A′ and a line 14B-14B′ of FIG.13;

FIG. 15 illustrates a plan view of an integrated circuit deviceaccording to example embodiments;

FIG. 16 illustrates a cross-sectional view of the integrated circuitdevice of FIG. 15 cut along a line 16A-16A′ and a line 16B-16B′ of FIG.15;

FIG. 17 illustrates a plan view of an integrated circuit deviceaccording to example embodiments;

FIG. 18 illustrates a cross-sectional view of the integrated circuitdevice of FIG. 17 cut along a line 18A-18A′ and a line 18B-18B′ of FIG.17;

FIG. 19 illustrates a cross-sectional view of the integrated circuitdevice of FIG. 17 cut along a line 19A-19A′ and a line 19B-19B′ of FIG.17; and

FIGS. 20 through 26 illustrate cross-sectional views illustrating amethod of manufacturing an integrated circuit device according toexample embodiments.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Example embodiments will now be described more fully hereinafter withreference to the accompanying drawings; however, they may be embodied indifferent forms and should not be construed as limited to theembodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided sothat this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fullyconvey example implementations to those skilled in the art. In thedrawing figures, the dimensions of layers and regions may be exaggeratedfor clarity of illustration. Like reference numerals refer to likeelements throughout.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an integrated circuit device100 according to example embodiments. FIG. 2 is a plan view of theintegrated circuit device 100 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectionalview of the integrated circuit device 100 cut along a line 3A-3A′ and aline 3B-3B′ of FIG. 2. In FIGS. 1 and 2, some elements of the integratedcircuit device 100, for example, first and second insulation layers 162and 164, may be omitted for convenience of illustration.

Referring to FIGS. 1 through 3, the integrated circuit device 100 mayinclude a first transistor TR1 and a second transistor TR2 formed on asubstrate 110.

The substrate 110 may include a first region I and a second region IIdefined by an isolation layer 114. The first region I and the secondregion II may be active regions in which different types of transistors,to which operating voltages of different amplitudes are applied, aredisposed. For example, the first region I may be a high-voltage regionin which a high-voltage transistor, to which a relatively high operatingvoltage is applied, may be formed. The second region II may be alow-voltage region in which a low-voltage transistor, to which arelatively low operating voltage is applied, may be formed. For example,an operating voltage of about 1 V or higher may be applied to the firstregion I, and an operating voltage lower than about 1 V may be appliedto the second region II.

In an example embodiment, the first region I and the second region IImay be active regions in which different types of logic cells areformed. For example, the first region I may be a core region in whichlogic devices are disposed, and the second region II may be an I/Odevice region in which input/output interface devices, through which asignal from an external circuit or power is supplied to the logicdevices in the first region I, are disposed.

First and second fin active regions FA1 and FA2 may be formed in thefirst region I and the second region II, respectively. The first andsecond fin active regions FA1 and FA2 may extend in a first direction(Y-direction in FIG. 1) parallel to a top surface of the substrate 110and protrude along a third direction (Z direction of FIG. 1)perpendicular to the top surface of the substrate 110. In FIG. 2, forexample, three first fin active regions FA1 are spaced apart from oneanother in the first region I, and three second fin active region FA2are spaced apart from one another in the second region II. However, thenumber of first and second fin active regions FA1 and FA2 respectivelydisposed in the first and second regions I and II that are separated bythe isolation layer 114 is not limited to that illustrated in FIG. 2.For convenience of description, an inner portion of the substrate 110disposed below the first fin active region FA1 up to a predetermineddepth in the first region I will be referred to as a bottom portion ofthe first fin active region FA1. Accordingly, the three first fin activeregions FA1 adjacent to one another in the first region I may share abottom portion of the substrate 110. Similarly, an inner portion of thesubstrate 110 disposed below the second fin active region FA2 up to apredetermined depth in the second region II will be referred to as abottom portion of the second fin active region FA2.

A first well region 112A and a second well region 112B may be formed inthe first region I and the second region II of the substrate 110,respectively. The first well region 112A and the second well region 112Bmay be doped with impurities at a high concentration. For example, whenan NMOS transistor is formed in the first region I and the second regionII of the substrate 110, the first and second well regions 112A and 112Bmay be p-type impurity doped regions. As another example, when a PMOStransistor is formed in the first region I and the second region II ofthe substrate 110, the first and second regions 112A and 112B may ben-type impurity-doped regions.

The first transistor TR1 may be formed on the first region I of thesubstrate 110. The first transistor TR1 may include a first gatestructure 120 disposed on sidewalls of the first fin active region FA1and a pair of first impurity regions 130 disposed on a top portion and abottom portion of the first fin active region FA1.

The first gate structure 120 may be disposed to surround sidewalls ofthe first fin active region FA1. As illustrated in FIG. 1, when thefirst fin active region FA1 is a rectangular parallelepiped having apair of long sidewalls extending in the first direction (Y direction)and a pair of short sidewalls extending in a second direction (Xdirection), the first gate structure 120 contacts all four sidewalls ofthe first fin active region FA1 and surrounds the first fin activeregion FA1. Thus, the first transistor TR1 may also be referred to as agate-all-around transistor. However, the form of the first fin activeregion FA1 is not limited to that illustrated in FIG. 1. A cross-sectionof the first fin active region FA1 cut along an X-Y plane (for example,a vertical cross-section) may have, for example, a square shape, an ovalshape, or a rectangular shape having rounded corners.

The first gate structure 120 may include a first gate electrode 122 anda first gate insulation layer 124. The first gate electrode 122 may bedisposed to surround the sidewalls of the first fin active region FA1.In an example embodiment, the first gate electrode 122 may have astructure in which a metal nitride layer and a gap-fill metal layer aresequentially stacked. The metal nitride layer may include a nitride of,for example, one or more metals selected from Ti, Ta, W, Ru, Mb, Mo, andHf. The metal nitride layer may be formed using, for example, an atomiclayer deposition (ALD) process, a metal organic ALD (MOALD) process, ora metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) process. The gap-fillmetal layer may include, for example, a tungsten (W) layer, and using aprocess such as an ALD process, a CVD process, or a physical vapordeposition (PVD) process.

The first gate insulation layer 124 may be between the first fin activeregion FA1 and the first gate electrode 122, and may be disposed tosurround the sidewalls of the first fin active region FA1. Asillustrated in FIG. 3, the first gate insulation layer 124 may be formedon all of a top surface, a bottom surface, and a lateral surface of thefirst gate electrode 122. In another example, the first gate insulationlayer 124 may be disposed only between the first gate electrode 122 andthe first fin active region FA1.

In an example embodiment, the first gate insulation layer 124 may be ahigh-k dielectric layer formed of a material having a higher dielectricconstant than silicon oxide. For example, the first gate insulationlayer 124 may have a dielectric constant of about 10 to about 25. Thehigh-k dielectric layer may be formed of, for example, one or more ofhafnium oxide, hafnium oxynitride, hafnium silicon oxide, lanthanumoxide, lanthanum aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, zirconium siliconoxide, tantalum oxide, titanium oxide, barium strontium titanium oxide,barium titanium oxide, strontium titanium oxide, yttrium oxide, aluminumoxide, lead scandium tantalum oxide, lead zinc niobate, or a combinationthereof. The first gate insulation layer 124 may be formed using, forexample, an ALD process, a CVD process, or a PVD process. The first gateinsulation layer 124 may have a thickness of, for example, about 10 Å toabout 50 Å.

The pair of first impurity regions 130 may include a first bottomimpurity region 132 and a first top impurity region 134. The pair offirst impurity regions 130 may act as a source/drain region of the firsttransistor TR1.

The first bottom impurity region 132 may be disposed to verticallyoverlap the entire area of the first fin active region FA1, and may beformed, for example, by ion-implanting a first conductivity typeimpurity into substantially the entire area of the bottom portion of thefirst fin active region FA1.

The first top impurity region 134 may be disposed to vertically overlapthe entire area of the first fin active region FA1, and may be formed,for example, by ion-implanting a first conductivity type impurity intosubstantially the entire area of the top portion of the first fin activeregion FA1. As illustrated in FIG. 3, for example, the first bottomimpurity region 132 and the first top impurity region 134 may bedisposed to overlap each other in a vertical direction (Z direction).

In an example embodiment, when the first transistor TR1 is an NMOStransistor, the first conductivity type may be n-type, and the firstbottom impurity region 132 and the first top impurity region 134 mayinclude n-type impurities. In another example, when the first transistorTR1 is a PMOS transistor, the first conductivity type may be p-type, andthe first bottom impurity region 132 and the first top impurity region134 may include p-type impurities.

The second transistor TR2 may be formed on the second region II of thesubstrate 110. The second transistor TR2 may include a second gatestructure 140 disposed on sidewalls of the second fin active region FA2,and a pair of second impurity regions 150 disposed on portions of a topportion and a bottom portion of the second fin active region FA2.

The second gate structure 140 may be disposed to surround sidewalls ofthe second fin active region FA2. The second gate structure 140 mayinclude a second gate electrode 142 and a second gate insulation layer144. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the second gate structure 140 may have avertical length that is substantially the same as that of the first gatestructure 120. An example process of forming the first and second gatestructures 120 and 140 may include forming a structure in which thefirst insulation layer 162, a sacrificial layer, and the secondinsulation layer 164 are sequentially stacked, and then the first gatestructure 120 and the second gate structure 140 may be formed in a spacethat is left after removing the sacrificial layer. Accordingly, thefirst and second gate structures 120 and 140 may have substantially thesame height in a vertical direction.

The second gate electrode 142 may be disposed to surround sidewalls ofthe second fin active region FA2. The second gate electrode 142 may besimilar to the first gate electrode 122 of the first gate structure 120described above, and thus descriptions thereof may not be repeated.

The second gate insulation layer 144 may be disposed between the secondfin active region FA2 and the second gate electrode 142, and the secondgate insulation layer 144 may include an interface layer 146 contactingthe second fin active region FA2 and a high-k dielectric layer 148 onthe interface layer 146. For example, the interface layer 146 mayinclude a silicon oxide layer or a silicon oxynitride layer. Theinterface layer 146 may have a thickness of, for example, about 1 Å toabout 50 Å. The interface layer 146 may be formed using, for example, athermal oxidization process, an ALD process, or a CVD process. Thehigh-k dielectric layer 148 may be formed of a material having a higherdielectric constant than silicon oxide and may include the same materialas that included in the first gate insulation layer 124. The high-kdielectric layer 148 may be formed together in a process of forming thefirst gate insulation layer 124, and accordingly, the high-k dielectriclayer 148 may have substantially the same or similar thickness as thefirst gate insulation layer 124. The high-k dielectric layer 148 may besimilar to the first gate insulation layer 124, and thus descriptionsthereof may not be repeated.

The pair of second impurity regions 150 may include a second bottomimpurity region 152 and a second top impurity region 154. The pair ofsecond impurity regions 150 may function as a source/drain region of thesecond transistor TR2.

The second bottom impurity region 152 may be disposed to verticallyoverlap a partial area of the second fin active region FA2. For example,the second bottom impurity region 152 may be formed by ion-implanting afirst conductivity type impurity into a partial area of the bottomportion of the second fin active area FA2. As illustrated in FIG. 2, thesecond bottom impurity region 152 may be formed on a side portion of thebottom portion of the second fin active region FA2 extending in thefirst direction (Y direction).

The second top impurity region 154 may be disposed to vertically overlapa partial area of the second fin active region FA2, and may be offset ina lateral direction. In an example embodiment, the second top impurityregion 154 may be disposed so as not to vertically overlap the secondbottom impurity region 152. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the second topimpurity region 154 may be formed on another side portion of the topportion of the second fin active region FA2 extending in the firstdirection (Y direction). Accordingly, along an X-Y plane, the secondbottom impurity region 152 and the second top impurity region 154 may bespaced apart from each other in the first direction (Y direction). Thesecond top impurity region 154 may be formed by, for example,ion-implanting a first conductivity type impurity into a partial area ofthe top portion of the second fin active region FA2.

The first insulation layer 162 may be disposed on the first and secondregions I and II and surround lower portions of the sidewalls of thefirst and second fin active regions FA1 and FA2. The second insulationlayer 164 may be disposed on the first and second gate structures 120and 140 and surround top portions of the sidewalls of the first andsecond fin active regions FA1 and FA2. The first and second insulationlayers 162 and 164 may be formed of, for example, silicon nitride(Si₃N₄), silicon oxynitride (SiON), carbon-containing silicon oxynitride(SiCON), or a combination thereof. In another example, the first andsecond insulation layers 162 and 164 may include a layer selected fromtetra ethyl ortho silicate (TEOS) layer or an ultra-low k (ULK) layerhaving an ultra-low dielectric constant of about 2.2 to about 2.4, forexample, one of a SiOC layer and a SiCOH layer.

In FIG. 3, an example channel path CH1 that may be formed in the firsttransistor TR1 and an example channel path CH2 that may be formed in thesecond transistor TR2 are illustrated by dashed arrows.

In the first transistor TR1, the pair of first impurity regions 130 maybe disposed to vertically overlap the entire area of the first finactive region FA1, and accordingly, carriers such as electrons or holesmay move, for example, from the first top impurity region 134 to thefirst bottom impurity region 132 (or in the opposite direction) in avertical direction (Z direction) in the first transistor TR1. Forexample, a channel may be formed along a vertical direction in the firstfin active region FA1. In this case, an effective channel length Lg1 ofthe first transistor TR1 may have a substantially similar value as aheight of the first gate structure 120.

In the second transistor TR2, the pair of second impurity regions 150may be disposed to vertically overlap only a portion of the second finactive region FA2. The second impurity regions 150 may laterallyseparated in plan view so as to be disposed on two side portions of thesecond fin active regions FA2. Accordingly, carriers such as electronsor holes may move, for example, from the second top impurity region 154to the second bottom impurity region 152 (or in the opposite direction)in a horizontal direction (for example, the Y direction in FIG. 3) inthe second transistor TR2. For example, as the pair of second impurityregions 150 may be spaced from each other in the first direction (Ydirection) such that a distance that the carriers move may be increasedcompared with that in the first transistor TR1. In this case, aneffective channel length Lg2 in the second transistor TR2 may bedetermined by a distance between the two second impurity regions 150 inthe first direction. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the effective channellength Lg2 in the second transistor TR2 may be longer than the effectivechannel length Lg1 in the first transistor TR1.

As described above, the effective channel length Lg2 in the secondtransistor TR2 may be longer than the effective channel length Lg1 inthe first transistor TR1. In addition, the second gate insulation layer144 may include the interface layer 146 and the high-k dielectric layer148, and the second gate insulation layer 144 may have a greaterthickness than the first gate insulation layer 124.

In general, in a downscaled integrated circuit device, a gate-all-aroundtransistor, in which a channel region is formed in a vertical direction,may be used in order to reduce short channel effects. In addition,transistors formed in a low-voltage region may have a relatively shortgate electrode and a relatively thin gate insulation layer, whereastransistors formed in a high-voltage region may be formed to have arelatively long gate electrode and a relatively thick gate insulationlayer. Regarding transistors formed in the high-voltage region, arelatively long gate electrode and a relatively thick gate insulationlayer may be formed in order to prevent reliability degradation due tohot carriers such as a time dependent dielectric breakdown (TDDB) effectand to provide electrostatic stability. In a general manufacturingprocess, when a gate-all-around transistor is used, the manufacturingprocess of forming a plurality of transistors including gate electrodeshaving different lengths in a high-voltage region and a low-voltageregion (for example, different thicknesses in a vertical direction) andgate insulation layers having different thicknesses may be complicated.For example, separate processes may be used to respectively form ahigh-voltage transistor and a low-voltage transistor by performingprocesses in which different masks are used with respect to thehigh-voltage region and the low-voltage region, which may increasemanufacturing costs and degrade process precision.

In the present example embodiment, the first and second gate structures120 and 140 may have substantially the same heights (verticalthickness), while the effective channel length Lg2 in the secondtransistor TR2 may be longer than the effective channel length Lg1 inthe first transistor TR1, and a thickness of the second gate insulationlayer 144 may be greater than that of the first gate insulation layer124. Accordingly, the first and second gate structures 120 and 140 maybe manufactured using a simplified process, and the integrated circuitdevice 100 including both a high-voltage transistor and a low-voltagetransistor may be obtained by using the simplified manufacturingprocess.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of an integrated circuit device 100A according toexample embodiments, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of theintegrated circuit device 100A of FIG. 4 cut along a line 5A-5A′ and aline 5B-5B′ of FIG. 4. In FIGS. 4 and 5, like reference numerals asthose of FIGS. 1 through 3 denote like elements.

Referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, a third impurity region 170 that is spacedapart from the second bottom impurity region 152 may be further formedon the bottom portion of the second fin active region FA2. The thirdimpurity region 170 may be doped with impurities having a secondconductivity type at a high concentration. For example, when the secondtransistor TR2 is an NMOS transistor, the second bottom impurity region152 may include an n-type impurity, and the third impurity region 170may include a p-type impurity.

The third impurity region 170 may be heavily doped with impuritieshaving a different conductivity type from that of the second bottomimpurity region 152. Accordingly, when the second bottom impurity region152 is formed in a side portion of the bottom portion of the second finactive region FA2, the third impurity region 170 may help prevent aparasitic NPN transistor or a parasitic PNP transistor from being formedin a region adjacent to another side portion of the bottom portion ofthe second fin active region FA2, where the second bottom impurityregion 152 is not formed. Also, the third impurity region 170 may helpprevent current leakage due to the parasitic transistors. Accordingly,leakage current of the integrated circuit device 100A may be reduced.

An additional third impurity region spaced apart from the second topimpurity region 154 may be further disposed in the top portion of thesecond fin active region FA2. Accordingly, current leakage through thetop portion of the second fin active region FA2 (for example, anintrinsic channel region) may be prevented, which may help furtherreinforce a current conduction path from the second top impurity region154 to the second bottom impurity region 152 along the effective channelpath CH2.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of an integrated circuit device 100B according toexample embodiments, and FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of theintegrated circuit device 100B of FIG. 6 cut along a line 7A-7A′ and aline 7B-7B′ of FIG. 6. In FIGS. 6 and 7, like reference numerals asthose of FIGS. 1 through 5 denote like elements.

Referring to FIGS. 6 and 7, the top portion of the second fin activeregion FA2 of the second transistor TR2 may have top surfaces atdifferent levels. For example, a top surface level LV1 of the second topimpurity region 154 formed in a side portion of the top portion of thesecond fin active region FA2 may be higher than a top surface level LV2of another side portion of the second fin active region FA2. However,the top surface level LV1 of the second top impurity region 154 formedin a side portion of the top portion of the second fin active region FA2may be substantially equal or similar to a top surface level of thefirst top impurity region 134 formed in the top portion of the first finactive region FA1.

In an example process of forming the second transistor TR2, a portion ofthe top portion of the second fin active region FA2, where the secondtop impurity region 154 is not formed, may be removed, for example,using a dry etching process or an etchback process. As the portion ofthe second fin active region FA2, where the second top impurity region154 is not formed, is removed, current leakage through the top portionof the second fin active region FA2 (for example, an intrinsic channelregion) may be prevented, thereby further reinforcing a currentconduction path to the second bottom impurity region 152 along theeffective channel path CH2.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of an integrated circuit device 100C according toexample embodiments, and FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of theintegrated circuit device 100C of FIG. 8 cut along a line 9A-9A′ and aline 9B-9B′ of FIG. 8. In FIGS. 8 and 9, like reference numerals asthose of FIGS. 1 through 7 denote like elements.

Referring to FIGS. 8 and 9, a pair of second impurity regions 150A mayinclude second and third bottom impurity regions 152A and 152B. Thesecond and third bottom impurity regions 152A and 152B may be spacedapart from each other in the bottom portion of the second fin activeregion FA2 in the first direction (Y direction).

The second gate structure 140 is disposed to surround the sidewalls ofthe second fin active region FA2, and as the pair of second impurityregions 150A are spaced apart from each other in the bottom portion ofthe second fin active region FA2, an example channel path CH2A that maybe formed in the second transistor TR2 may be different from the channelpath CH2 of the integrated circuit device 100 described with referenceto FIGS. 1 through 3.

For example, carriers such as electrons or holes may move verticallyfrom the third bottom impurity region 152B to a portion of the secondfin active region FA2 at the same level as the second gate structure140, and then move horizontally at the same level as the secondstructure 140, and then again vertically to the second bottom impurityregion 152A. For example, the example channel path CH2A may have an evenlonger effective channel length Lg2 than the effective channel lengthLg1 of the example channel path CH1 that may be formed in the firsttransistor TR1.

According to the integrated circuit device 100C, even when the first andsecond gate structures 120 and 140 have substantially the same height(vertical thickness), the effective channel length Lg2 in the secondtransistor TR2 may be longer than the effective channel length Lg1 inthe first transistor TR1. Accordingly, the first and second gatestructures 120 and 140 may be manufactured using a simplified method. Byusing the simplified method, the integrated circuit device 100C havingboth a high-voltage transistor and a low-voltage transistor may beobtained.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of an integrated circuit device 100D according toexample embodiments, and FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of theintegrated circuit device 100D of FIG. 10 cut along a line 11A-11A′ anda line 11B-11B′ of FIG. 10. In FIGS. 10 and 11, like reference numeralsas those of FIGS. 1 through 9 denote like elements.

Referring to FIGS. 10 and 11, a pair of second impurity regions 150A mayinclude second and third bottom impurity regions 152A and 152B. A thirdimpurity region 170A may be spaced apart from the second and thirdbottom impurity regions 152A and 152E in a bottom portion of the secondfin active region FA2. The third impurity region 170A may be a highlydoped region with an impurity having a different conductivity type fromthat of the second and third bottom impurity regions 152A and 152B.Accordingly, current leakage through an inner portion (for example, anintrinsic channel region) or a bottom portion of the second fin activeregion FA2 at a lower level than a bottom surface of the second gatestructure 140 may be prevented, thereby further reinforcing a currentconduction path from the third bottom impurity region 152B to the secondbottom impurity region 152A along the effective channel path CH2A.

An additional third impurity region may be further formed in a topportion of the second fin active region FA2. For example, the additionalthird impurity region may be formed to vertically overlap the entirearea of the second fin active region FA2. Accordingly, current leakagethrough the top portion of the second fin active region FA2 (forexample, an intrinsic channel region) may be prevented, thereby furtherreinforcing a current conduction path along the effective channel pathCH2A.

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an integrated circuitdevice 100E according to example embodiments. In detail, FIG. 12 is across-sectional view of the integrated circuit device 100E cut along aline 11A-11A′ and a line 11B-11B′ of FIG. 10. In FIG. 12, like referencenumerals as those of FIGS. 1 through 11 denote like elements.

Referring to FIG. 12, a top surface level LV1A of the second fin activeregion FA2 may be lower than a top surface level LV3 of the first finactive region FA1.

In an example process of forming a second transistor TR2, a portion ofthe second fin active region FA2 corresponding to a predeterminedthickness may be removed from a top surface thereof, for example, usinga dry etching process or an etchback process. For example, the topsurface level LV1A of the second fin active region FA2 may be lower thana top surface level LV3 of the first fin active region FA1 and higherthan a top surface level of the second gate structure 140. As theportion of the top portion of the second fin active region FA2corresponding to a predetermined thickness is removed, current leakagethrough the top portion of the second fin active region FA2 (forexample, an intrinsic channel region) may be prevented, thereby furtherreinforcing a current conduction path along the effective channel pathCH2A.

FIG. 13 is a plan view of an integrated circuit device 100F according toexample embodiments, and FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view of theintegrated circuit device 100F of FIG. 13 cut along a line 14A-14A′ anda line 14B-14B′ of FIG. 13. In FIGS. 13 and 14, like reference numeralsas those of FIGS. 1 through 12 denote like elements.

Referring to FIGS. 13 and 14, a pair of second impurity regions 150B mayinclude second and third top impurity regions 154A and 154B. The secondand third top impurity regions 154A and 154B may be spaced apart fromeach other in a top portion of the second fin active region FA2 in thefirst direction (Y direction).

The second gate structure 140 is disposed to surround sidewalls of thesecond fin active region FA2, and as the pair of second impurity regions150B are spaced apart from each other in the top portion of the secondfin active region FA2, an example channel path CH2B that may be formedin the second transistor TR2 may be different from the channel path CH2of the integrated circuit device 100 described with reference to FIGS. 1through 3.

For example, carriers such as electrons or holes may move verticallyfrom the second top impurity region 154A to a portion of the second finactive region FA2 at the same level as the second gate structure 140,and then move horizontally at the same level as the second structure140, and then again vertically to the third top impurity region 154B.For example, the example channel path CH2B may have an even longereffective channel length Lg2 than the effective channel length Lg1 ofthe example channel path CH1 that may be formed in the first transistorTR1.

According to the integrated circuit device 100F, even when the first andsecond gate structures 120 and 140 have substantially the same height(vertical thickness), the effective channel length Lg2 in the secondtransistor TR2 may be longer than the effective channel length Lg1 inthe first transistor TR1. Accordingly, the first and second gatestructures 120 and 140 may be manufactured using a simplified method. Byusing the simplified method, the integrated circuit device 100F havingboth a high-voltage transistor and a low-voltage transistor may beobtained.

FIG. 15 is a plan view of an integrated circuit device 100G according toexample embodiments, and FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view of theintegrated circuit device 100G of FIG. 15 cut along a line 16A-16A′ anda line 16B-16B′ of FIG. 15. In FIGS. 15 and 16, like reference numeralsas those of FIGS. 1 through 14 denote like elements.

Referring to FIGS. 15 and 16, a pair of second impurity regions 150B mayinclude second and third top impurity regions 154A and 154B. A thirdimpurity region 170B may be spaced apart from the second and thirdbottom impurity regions 154A and 154B in a top portion of the second finactive region FA2. The third impurity region 170B may be a highly dopedregion with an impurity having a different conductivity type from thatof the second and third top impurity regions 154A and 154B. Accordingly,current leakage through an inner portion (for example, an intrinsicchannel region) of the second fin active region FA2 at a higher levelthan a bottom surface of the second gate structure 140 may be prevented,thereby further reinforcing a current conduction path from the secondtop impurity region 154A to the third top impurity region 154B along theeffective channel path CH2B.

FIG. 17 is a plan view of an integrated circuit device 100H according toexample embodiments, and FIG. 18 is a cross-sectional view of theintegrated circuit device 100H of FIG. 17 cut along a line 18A-18A′ anda line 18B-18W of FIG. 17, and FIG. 19 is a cross-sectional view of theintegrated circuit device 100H of FIG. 17 cut along a line 19A-19A′ anda line 19B-19B′ of FIG. 17. The integrated circuit device 100Hillustrated in FIGS. 17 through 19 may be an integrated circuit deviceusing standard cells used in a standard cell library.

The integrated circuit device 100H may be defined by a plurality ofcells, and for example, may be designed using a cell library includingcharacteristic information about the plurality of cells. The celllibrary may define, for example, cell names, dimensions, gate widths,pins, delay characteristics, leakage current, threshold voltages, andfunctions of the cells. A typical cell library set may include basiccells such as AND, OR, NOR, and inverters, complex cells such as OAI(OR/AND/INVERTER) and AOI (AND/OR/INVERTER), and a storage element suchas a simple master-slave flip-flop and a latch.

In a standard cell method, a large-scale integrated circuit (LSI) may bedesigned by preparing logic circuit blocks (or cells) having multiplefunctions in advance and then forming dedicated LSI fittingspecifications of a customer or a user by combining the cells. The cellsmay be pre-designed and verified to be registered to a computer, andlogic design, placement, and routing may be performed by combining thecells by using computer aided design (CAD).

When designing or manufacturing an LSI, standardized logic circuitblocks (or cells) of a predetermined scale may already be in a library,a logic circuit block that fits the current design objective may betaken and placed in a plurality of cell rows on a chip, and optimumplacement allowing shortest wiring lengths in wiring space between thecells may be performed to form an entire circuit. The richer the typesof cells preserved in the library, the flexibility of the designincreases, and accordingly, a more optimum chip design is also possible.

The integrated circuit using standard cells as described above may be atype of semicustom integrated circuit, and is implemented using standardcells pre-designed and stored in a standard cell library and by placingthe cells with minimum routing. Accordingly, compared with full-customintegrated circuits, development costs may be reduced and thedevelopment period may be shortened.

Referring to FIGS. 17 through 19, the integrated circuit device 100H mayinclude a first cell C1 and a second cell C2 defined by a cell boundary.In the first cell C1 and the second cell C2, a plurality of firstregions RX1 and a plurality of second regions RX2 may be defined via anisolation layer 114. In the plurality of first regions RX1, a pluralityof first fin active regions FA1 and a plurality of dummy regions DF1 maybe disposed, and in the plurality of second regions RX2, a plurality ofsecond fin active regions FA2 and a plurality of second dummy regionsDF2 may be disposed.

A first bottom impurity region 132 may be formed substantially over theentire area of the plurality of first regions RX1, and the second bottomimpurity region 152 may be formed on partial area of the plurality ofsecond regions RX2. The first and second bottom impurity regions 132 and152 may have similar characteristics to those described with referenceto FIGS. 1 through 3.

An intermediate layer 182 may be formed on the plurality of firstregions RX1 and the plurality of second regions RX2, and theintermediate layer 182 may include, for example, a metal silicidematerial such as a tungsten silicide, a cobalt silicide, or a nickelsilicide. For example, the intermediate layer 182 may be formed onportions of the plurality of first regions RX1 and the plurality ofsecond regions RX2, where a plurality of first fin active regions FA1, aplurality of first dummy regions DF1, a plurality of second fin activeregions FA2, and a plurality of second dummy regions DF2 are not formed.

An etch stopper layer 184 may be formed on the intermediate layer 182,and an insulation liner 186 may be formed on sidewalls of the pluralityof first and second fin active regions FA1 and FA2. In an exampleembodiment, the etch stopper layer 184 may include silicon nitride. Theinsulation liner 186 may include, for example, an impurity-doped oxide,a low-k dielectric oxide, or a combination thereof. For example, theinsulation liner 186 may have a double-layer structure including animpurity-doped oxide and a low-k dielectric oxide such as SiOCN.

A first insulation layer 162 surrounding the sidewalls of the first andsecond fin active regions FA1 and FA2 may be formed on the etch stopperlayer 184. The first insulation layer 162 may extend to sidewalls of theplurality of first and second dummy regions DF1 and DF2.

First and second gate structures 120 and 140 respectively surroundingthe sidewalls of the first and second fin active regions FA1 and FA2 maybe formed on the first insulation layer 162. The first and second gatestructures 120 and 140 may pass through the insulation liner 186 todirectly contact the plurality of first and second fin active regionsFA1 and FA2. For example, a recess R1 (see FIG. 23) may be formed in aportion of the sidewall of the plurality of fin active regions FA1, andthe first gate structure 120 may contact the recess R1. The first andsecond gate structures 120 and 140 may have similar characteristics asthose described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 3.

A second insulation layer 164 surrounding the sidewalls of the pluralityof first and second fin active regions FA1 and FA2 may be formed on thefirst and second gate structures 120 and 140. A third insulation layer166 may be formed on the second insulation layer 164. An intergateinsulation layer 188 filling space between the first gate structure 120and another adjacent first gate structure 120 may be formed on the firstinsulation layer 162. The intergate insulation layer 188 may be disposedto face the sidewalls of the second and third insulation layers 164 and166 and may surround the sidewalls of the plurality of first dummyregions DF1. The first through third insulation layers 162, 164, and 166and the intergate insulation layer 188 may be formed of a TEOS layer, aULK layer having an ultra-low dielectric constant of about 2.2 to 2.4,for example, one of a SiOC layer and a SiCOH layer.

Gate contacts GC1 and GC2 may pass through the second and thirdinsulation layers 164 and 166 to be electrically connected to the firstand second gate electrodes 122 and 142. Top contacts TC1 and TC2 maypass through the third insulation layer 166 to be electrically connectedto the first and second top impurity regions 134 and 154. Bottomcontacts BC1 and BC2 may pass through the intergate insulation layer 188and the first insulation layer 162 to be electrically connected to thefirst and second bottom impurity regions 132 and 152. The gate contactsGC1 and GC2, the top contacts TC1 and TC2, and the bottom contacts BC1and BC2 may include a metal such as titanium, a titanium nitride,tantalum, a tantalum nitride, or tungsten.

Although not illustrated in the drawings, a wiring structure that iselectrically connected to the gate contacts GC1 and GC2, the topcontacts TC1 and TC2, and the bottom contacts BC1 and BC2 may be furtherdisposed. Through the wiring structure, a relatively low operatingvoltage VDD may be applied to the first cell C1 and a relatively highoperating voltage VDD may be applied to the second cell C2.

FIGS. 20 through 26 are cross-sectional views illustrating a method ofmanufacturing an integrated circuit device according to exampleembodiments. The manufacturing method may be the manufacturing method ofthe integrated circuit device 100H described with reference to FIGS. 17through 19, and in FIGS. 20 through 26, cross-sectional viewscorresponding to cross-sections cut along lines 19A-19A′ and 19B-19B′ ofFIG. 17 are illustrated according to a process order.

Referring to FIG. 20, a first region RX1 and a second region RX2 may bedefined by forming the isolation layer 114 on the substrate 110.

For example, in order to form the isolation layer 114, a mask patternmay be formed on the substrate 110. The mask pattern may be used as anetching mask to form a trench in the substrate 110. In an exampleembodiment, the mask pattern may be a thermal oxide layer, a siliconnitride layer, a silicon oxynitride layer, a spin on glass (SOG) layer,a spin on hardmask (SOH) layer, a photoresist layer, or a combinationthereof, etc.

Subsequently, an insulation layer filling the trench may be formed, forexample, in a coating process or a deposition process, and a top surfaceof the insulation layer may be planarized until the top surface of thesubstrate 110 is exposed, thereby forming the isolation layer 114 thatfills the trench. The isolation layer 114 may be formed of, for example,FSG, USG, BPSG, PSG, FOX, PE-TEOS, or TOSZ using, for example, aflowable CVD (FCVD) process or a spin coating process.

A first impurity may be ion-implanted into the first region RX1 and thesecond region RX2 of the substrate 110 to form a first bottom impurityregion 132 and a second bottom impurity region 152 that extend to apredetermined depth from the substrate 110. For example, when an NMOStransistor is formed on the substrate 110, the first impurity may be ann-type conductivity type. When a PMOS transistor is formed on thesubstrate 110, the first impurity may be a p-type conductivity type.

In an example embodiment, by using an ion-implantation mask includingopenings that expose substantially the entire surface of the firstregion RX1 and a portion of the second region RX2, the first bottomimpurity region 132 and the second bottom impurity region 152 may beformed simultaneously.

While a process of implanting an impurity of the same conductivity intothe first region RX1 and the second region RX2 is described above withreference to FIG. 17, an ion implantation process for forming the firstbottom impurity region 132 in the first region RX1 may be performedfirst, and then an ion implantation process for forming the secondbottom impurity region 152 in the second region RX2 may be performed. Inanother example, when an NMOS device is formed in the first region RX1and the second region RX2, and the substrate 110 further includes athird region where a PMOS device is to be formed, after an ionimplantation process for forming the first and second bottom impurityregions 132 and 152 in the first region RX1 and the second region RX2 atthe same time, an additional ion implantation process for forming abottom impurity region in the third region RX3 may be further performed.

In an implementation, in the first region RX1 and the second region RX2,the first well region 112A (see FIG. 1) and the second well region 112B(see FIG. 1) may be further formed.

Next, an intermediate layer 182 may be formed on the first region RX1and the second region RX2 of the substrate 110. For example, afterforming a metal layer on a top surface of the substrate 110, thesubstrate 110, on which the metal layer is formed, may be thermallytreated so as to form the intermediate layer 182. The metal layer may beselectively removed. For example, the intermediate layer 182 may includea metal silicide such as tungsten silicide, cobalt silicide, or nickelsilicide.

Referring to FIG. 21, a mold structure 190 may be formed on thesubstrate 110. The mold structure 190 may include, for example, an etchstopper layer 184, a first insulation layer 162, a conductive liner192A, a sacrificial layer 194, a conductive liner 192B, and a secondinsulation layer 164 that are sequentially stacked on the substrate 110.For example, the etch stopper layer 184 may include silicon nitride, thefirst and second insulation layers 162 and 164 may include siliconoxide, silicon oxynitride, a dielectric layer having a low dielectricconstant, or a combination thereof, and the sacrificial layer 194 mayinclude silicon nitride. The conductive liners 192A and 192B may includepolysilicon. The sacrificial layer 194 may be formed of a materialhaving an etching selectivity with respect to the first and secondinsulation layers 162 and 164.

Next, a mask pattern may be formed on the mold structure 190, and themask pattern may be used as an etching mask to sequentially etch themold structure 190, thereby forming a first opening portion 190H1. Thefirst opening portion 190H1 may expose a top surface of the substrate110, and a portion of the substrate 110 may be over-etched by apredetermined depth so that a portion of the intermediate layer 182exposed through the first opening portion 190H1 is removed.

Next, an insulation layer may be formed on a top surface and a sidewallof the first opening portion 190H1 and the exposed top surface of thesubstrate 110, and anisotropic etching may be performed on theinsulation layer so that the insulation liner 186 is left on a sidewallof the first opening portion 190H1. The insulation layer may be formedof, for example, an impurity-doped oxide, a low-k dielectric oxide, or acombination thereof. For example, the insulation layer may have adouble-layered structure including an impurity-doped oxide and a low-kdielectric oxide such as SiOCN.

Referring to FIG. 22, a first fin active region FA1 and a second finactive region FA2 may be respectively formed in the first openingportions 190H1 (see FIG. 21) on the first region RX1 and the secondregion RX2.

In an example embodiment, a process of forming the first fin activeregion FA1 and the second fin active region FA2 may be a selectiveepitaxial growth (SEG) process.

Next, a protection layer 196 may be formed on the second insulationlayer 164 and the first fin active region FA1 and the second fin activeregion FA2. The protection layer 196 may be formed of, for example,silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, carbon-containingoxynitride, or a combination thereof. By sequentially etching the moldstructure 190 and the protection layer 196, a second opening portion190H2 that exposes a top surface of the first insulation layer 162 maybe formed.

Referring to FIG. 23, a portion of the sacrificial layer 194 exposedthrough the second opening portion 190H2 may be removed to form gatespaces GS1 and GS2 in a portion from which the sacrificial layer 194 isremoved. Side surfaces of the insulation liner 186 disposed on thesidewalls of the first and second fin active regions FA1 and FA2 may beexposed through the gate spaces GS1 and GS2.

In an example process for removing the sacrificial layer 194, a wetetching process may be performed using an etchant solution having a highetching selectivity with respect to the sacrificial layer 194, andaccordingly, portions of the conductive liners 192A and 192B, theinsulation liner 186, and the first and second insulation layers 162 and164 may hardly be etched, but just the sacrificial layer 194 may beremoved.

Next, a portion of the insulation liner 186 exposed through the gatespaces GS1 and GS2 may be further etched to expose side surfaces of thefirst and second fin active regions FA1 and FA2. Here, recesses R1 andR2 may be formed in sidewalls of the first and second fin active regionsFA1 and FA2, respectively.

Referring to FIG. 24, an interface layer 146 may be formed on thesidewalls of the first and second fin active regions FA1 and FA2 exposedthrough the gate spaces GS1 and GS2. For example, by using a thermaloxidization process, the interface layer 146 may be formed on thesidewalls of the first and second fin active regions FA1 and FA2, andthe conductive liners 192A and 192B exposed through the gate spaces GS1and GS2 may also be turned into a portion of the interface layer 146 inthe above thermal oxidization process. In another implementation, theinterface layer 146 may also be formed on the sidewalls of the first andsecond fin active regions FA1 and FA2 and on the conductive liners 192Aand 192B by using, for example, an ALD process or a CVD process or thelike.

Referring to FIG. 25, after forming a mask on the second fin activeregion FA2, a portion of the interface layer 146 on the sidewall of thefirst fin active region FA1 may be removed. Accordingly, the interfacelayer 146 may remain only on the sidewall of the second fin activeregion FA2 and in the gate space GS2 exposing the sidewall of the secondfin active region FA2 (see FIG. 24).

Next, the mask may be removed.

Next, a first gate insulation layer 124 and a high-k dielectric layer148 may be formed on the first fin active region FA1 and the interfacelayer 146 respectively exposed through the gate spaces GS1 and GS2 (seeFIG. 24) by using, for example, a process such as an ALD process or aCVD process. The interface layer 146 and the high-k dielectric layer 148formed in the gate space GS2 may be referred to as a second gateinsulation layer 144. The second gate insulation layer 144 may have astructure in which the interface layer 146 and the high-k dielectriclayer 148 are stacked. Thus, the second gate insulation layer 144 mayhave a greater thickness than the first gate insulation layer 124.

Next, first and second gate electrodes 122 and 142 that respectivelyfill the gate spaces GS1 and GS2 may be formed. In an exampleembodiment, a conductive layer that fills the second opening portion190H2 and the gate spaces GS1 and GS2 may be formed of, for example, ametal material such as titanium, titanium nitride, tantalum, tantalumnitride, or tungsten by using, for example, an ALD process or a CVDprocess, and the conductive layer may be etched back so that the firstand second gate electrodes 122 and 142 are left in the gate spaces GS1and GS2.

Next, an intergate insulation layer 188 that fills the second openingportion 190H2 may be formed. The intergate insulation layer 188 may beformed of, for example, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, siliconoxynitride, carbon-containing silicon oxynitride, or a combinationthereof. For example, the intergate insulation layer 188 may include alayer such as a TEOS layer, a ULK layer having an ultra-low dielectricconstant K of about 2.2 to about 2.4, for example, one of a SiOC layerand a SiCOH layer.

Referring to FIG. 26, the protection layer 196 (see FIG. 25) may beremoved to expose top surfaces of the first and second fin activeregions FA1 and FA2. A first top impurity region 134 and a second topimpurity region 154 may be respectively formed on the first and secondfin active regions FA1 and FA2 by ion-implanting a second impurity. Forexample, when an NMOS transistor is formed on the substrate 110, thesecond impurity may be n-type impurities. When a PMOS transistor isformed on the substrate 110, the second impurity may be p-typeimpurities.

The first top impurity region 134 may be formed to vertically overlapthe entire area of the first fin active region FA1, and the second topimpurity region 154 may be formed to vertically overlap a portion of thearea of the second fin active region FA2. In addition, along an X-Yplane, the second top impurity region 154 may be formed in a sideportion of the top portion of the second fin active region FA2 so as notto vertically overlap the second bottom impurity region 152 along an X-Yplane.

Referring to FIG. 19 again, the third insulation layer 166 may be formedon the first and second fin active regions FA1 and FA2, the secondinsulation layer 164, and the intergate insulation layer 188. Next, thetop contacts TC1 and TC2 electrically connected to the top portions ofthe first and second fin active regions FA1 and FA2, the bottom contactsBC1 and BC2 electrically connected to the intermediate layer 182, andthe gate contacts GC1 and GC2 electrically connected to the first andsecond gate electrodes 122 and 142 may be formed.

The integrated circuit device 100H may be completed by performing theabove-described processes.

According to the manufacturing method described above, the first bottomimpurity region 132 of the first transistor TR1 and the second bottomimpurity region 152 of the second transistor TR2 may be formed in oneion-implantation process, and the first top impurity region 134 of thefirst transistor TR1 and the second top impurity region 154 of thesecond transistor TR2 may be formed in one ion-implantation process.Accordingly, the manufacturing process of the integrated circuit device100 may be simplified. In addition, the interface layer 146 of thesecond gate structure 140 may be formed using a thermal oxidizationprocess, and thus the first gate structure 120 of the first transistorTR1 and the second structure 140 of the second transistor TR2 may beformed in a simplified manufacturing process.

In general, when a gate-all-around transistor is used, manufacturingprocesses for forming a plurality of transistors including gateelectrodes of different lengths and gate insulation layers of differentthicknesses in a high-voltage region and a low-voltage region may becomplicated. For example, when forming a gate-all-around transistor, asacrificial layer may be removed, and the first and second gatestructures may be formed in the gate spaces from which the sacrificiallayer is removed. However, if the gate structures formed in the firstand second regions have different heights (vertical thicknesses), asacrificial layer having different thicknesses in the first region andthe second region may be needed, and an additional process using anadditional mask may thus be used to differentiate the vertical thicknessof the sacrificial layer.

As described above, in an example embodiment, when the sacrificial layer194 having a uniform vertical thickness is used in the first region RX1and the second region RX2, that is, when the first and second gatestructures 120 and 140 have the same vertical thickness, the firsttransistor TR1 and the second transistor TR2 may have differenteffective channel lengths. Thus, the integrated circuit device 100Hhaving a low-voltage transistor and a high-voltage transistor at thesame time may be obtained by using a simplified manufacturing process.

By way of summation and review, with the downscaling of semiconductordevices, a short channel effect may be generated in transistors, whichmay degrade the performance or reliability of the semiconductor devices.A semiconductor device having a multi-gate structure such as agate-all-around transistor may be implemented order to reduce the shortchannel effect.

As described above, embodiments relate to an integrated circuit deviceincluding a gate-all-around transistor and a method of manufacturing theintegrated circuit device. Embodiments may provide an integrated circuitdevice including transistors having different effective channel lengths,manufactured using a simplified manufacturing process. Embodiments alsoprovide a method of manufacturing the integrated circuit device.

Example embodiments have been disclosed herein, and although specificterms are employed, they are used and are to be interpreted in a genericand descriptive sense only and not for purpose of limitation. In someinstances, as would be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art asof the filing of the present application, features, characteristics,and/or elements described in connection with a particular embodiment maybe used singly or in combination with features, characteristics, and/orelements described in connection with other embodiments unless otherwisespecifically indicated. Accordingly, it will be understood by those ofskill in the art that various changes in form and details may be madewithout departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention asset forth in the following claims.

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 21. An integrated circuit device, comprising: a finactive region on a substrate and extending in a first direction parallelto a top surface of the substrate; a gate structure on a side surface ofthe fin active region; a lower impurity region below a bottom portion ofthe fin active region, the lower impurity region being at a level lowerthan a lower surface of the gate structure; and an upper impurity regionon a top portion of the fin active region, the upper impurity regionbeing at a level higher than a top surface of the gate structure;wherein the upper impurity region and the lower impurity region does notoverlap each other in a second direction perpendicular to the topsurface of the substrate.
 22. The integrated circuit device of claim 21,wherein the upper impurity region is spaced apart from the lowerimpurity region in the first direction and in the second direction. 23.The integrated circuit device of claim 21, further comprising aninsulation layer on the gate structure and the fin active region, theinsulation layer surrounding a sidewall of the upper impurity region.24. The integrated circuit device of claim 23, wherein the insulationlayer overlaps the lower impurity region in the second direction. 25.The integrated circuit device of claim 23, wherein a top surface of aportion of the fin active region is at a level lower than a level of atop surface of the upper impurity region, and the portion of the finactive region is below the insulation layer.
 26. The integrated circuitdevice of claim 21, wherein; a horizontal cross-sectional area of thefin active region is larger than a horizontal cross-sectional area ofthe upper impurity region, and a horizontal cross-sectional area of thefin active region is larger than a horizontal cross-sectional area ofthe lower impurity region.
 27. The integrated circuit device of claim21, wherein the fin active region, the lower impurity region, and theupper impurity region include an epitaxial semiconductor layer.
 28. Anintegrated circuit device, comprising: a fin active region on asubstrate and extending in a first direction parallel to a top surfaceof the substrate; a gate structure on a side surface of the fin activeregion; a lower impurity region below a bottom portion of the fin activeregion, the lower impurity region being at a level lower than a lowersurface of the gate structure; an upper impurity region on a portion ofa top surface of the fin active region, the upper impurity region beingat a level higher than a top surface of the gate structure; and aninsulation layer on the gate structure and a portion of the top surfaceof the fin active region, the insulation layer surrounding a sidewall ofthe upper impurity region, wherein the upper impurity region and thelower impurity region does not overlap each other in a second directionperpendicular to the top surface of the substrate.
 29. The integratedcircuit device of claim 28, wherein the upper impurity region is spacedapart from the lower impurity region in the first direction and in thesecond direction.
 30. The integrated circuit device of claim 28, whereinthe insulation layer overlaps the lower impurity region in the seconddirection.
 31. The integrated circuit device of claim 28, wherein: theinsulation layer contacts the top surface of the fin active region, andthe insulation layer surrounds a sidewall of the fin active region. 32.The integrated circuit device of claim 28, wherein a top surface of aportion of the fin active region is at a level lower than a level of atop surface of the upper impurity region, and the portion of the finactive region is below the insulation layer.
 33. The integrated circuitdevice of claim 28, wherein the fin active region, the lower impurityregion, and the upper impurity region include an epitaxial semiconductorlayer.
 34. An integrated circuit device, comprising: first and secondfin active regions on a substrate and extending in a first directionparallel to a top surface of the substrate; a first gate structure on aside surface of the first fin active region; a first lower impurityregion below a bottom portion of the first fin active region, the firstlower impurity region being at a level lower than a lower surface of thefirst gate structure; and a first upper impurity region on a top surfaceof the first fin active region, the first upper impurity region being ata level higher than a top surface of the first gate structure; a secondgate structure on a side surface of the second fin active region; asecond lower impurity region below a portion of a bottom portion of thesecond fin active region, the second lower impurity region being at alevel lower than a lower surface of the second gate structure; and asecond upper impurity region on a portion of a top surface of the secondfin active region, the second upper impurity region being at a levelhigher than a top surface of the second gate structure, the second upperimpurity region not vertically overlapping the second lower impurityregion, wherein the second fin active region, the second lower impurityregion, and the second upper impurity region include an epitaxialsemiconductor layer.
 35. The integrated circuit device of claim 34,wherein the first upper impurity region vertically overlaps the firstlower impurity region.
 36. The integrated circuit device of claim 34,further comprising an insulation layer on the second gate structure, theinsulation layer surrounding a sidewall of the second upper impurityregion.
 37. The integrated circuit device of claim 36, wherein: theinsulation layer is on the top surface of the second fin active region,and the insulation layer vertically overlaps the second lower impurityregion.
 38. The integrated circuit device of claim 34, wherein a secondeffective channel length formed in the second fin active region betweenthe second upper impurity region and the second lower impurity region islonger than a first effective channel length formed in the first finactive region between the first upper impurity region and the firstlower impurity region.
 39. The integrated circuit device of claim 34,wherein a horizontal cross-sectional area of the second upper impurityregion is smaller than a horizontal cross-sectional area of the firstupper impurity region.
 40. The integrated circuit device of claim 34,wherein a distance between the second upper impurity region and thesecond lower impurity region is greater than a distance between thefirst upper impurity region and the first lower impurity region.